U.S. Households,1
Families, and Married Couples, 1890–2007

The following table gives the number of U.S. households, the average
population of each, the number of families in the U.S., the average number
of people in each family, and the number of married couples for select
years from 1890 to 2007.

All households

Families

Married couples

Date

Number

Averagepopulationper
household

Number

Averagepopulationper
family

Number

June 1890

12,690,000

4.93

—

—

—

April 1930

29,905,000

4.11

—

—

25,174,000

April 1940

34,949,000

3.67

32,166,000

3.76

26,571,000

March 1950

43,554,000

3.37

39,303,000

3.54

34,075,000

April 1955

47,874,000

3.33

41,951,000

3.59

36,251,000

March 19602

52,799,000

3.35

45,111,000

3.67

39,254,000

March 1965

57,436,000

3.32

47,956,000

3.70

41,689,000

March 1970

63,401,000

3.14

51,586,000

3.58

44,728,000

March 1975

71,120,000

2.94

55,712,000

3.42

46,951,000

March 1980

80,776,000

2.76

59,550,000

3.29

49,112,000

March 1985

86,789,000

2.69

62,706,000

3.23

50,350,000

March 1990

93,347,000

2.63

66,090,000

3.17

52,317,000

March 1995

98,990,000

2.65

69,305,000

3.19

53,858,000

March 1996

99,627,000

2.65

69,594,000

3.20

53,567,000

Dec. 1997

101,018,000

2.64

70,241,000

3.19

53,604,000

March 1998

102,528,000

2.62

70,880,000

3.18

54,317,000

March 1999

103,874,000

2.61

71,535,000

3.18

55,849,000

March 2000

104,705,000

2.62

72,025,000

3.17

56,497,000

March 2002

109,297,000

2.58

74,329,000

3.21

56,747,000

March 2005

113,343,000

2.57

76,858,000

3.13

57,957,000

March 2006

114,384,000

2.57

77,402,000

3.13

58,179,000

March 2007

116,011,000

2.56

78,425,000

3.13

58,945,000

1. A person or group of persons who live
in a housing unit.

2. First year in which figures for Alaska
and Hawaii were included.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current
Population Reports. From Statistical Abstract of the United
States, 2008.